Romans 15:4 “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” You’re probably familiar with the saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Continue Reading…
Psalm 11:3 “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” You don’t have to be a news junkie to take David’s question in Psalm 11 as more than rhetorical. It’s hard to watch what’s happening across the world without experiencing pangs of despair. We don’t know where to Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 16:13-15 “So I will throw you out of this land into a land neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor. However, the days are coming…[when] I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.” Continue Reading…
Psalms 37:4 “The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.” Sometime last winter, sometime BC (before Covid), my husband and I made plans to go back to one of our favorite places for summer vacation. We secured a campsite at Blackwoods Campground Continue Reading…
James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. My husband and I have recently been reading On the Road with St. Augustine. We just came to the part where Augustine realizes what Continue Reading…
Matthew 5:29 “If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” This past Christmas our children gifted Chip and me with theater tickets Continue Reading…
Psalm 27: “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?” FEAR. I write it in all caps because it’s an intimidating word. An emotion wielding far too much power for children of God. David asks in Psalm 27 “of whom Continue Reading…
Lamentations 3:22-23 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Right after Chip and I were married, we moved to Florida where he and his brother bought a lot, cleared the land, and built a spec house to Continue Reading…
Psalm 13: How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Who knew perseverance was such a virtue? One we would be in so much need of. The difficulties of 2020 have caused us to step up our capacity for enduring. But how Continue Reading…
Galatians 5:13 “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” When my daughter Bethany was around 8 years-old, she wanted to go along with my mother-in-law and me to a women’s Continue Reading…